CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 29TH JAN 2017

WIRRAL
Heswall-20 Waxwing by junction of A540 and Thurstaston Road.


Leasowe Lighthouse-Greenshank on the groyne.


Heswall-Hen Harrier (ringtail) off Cottage Lane.


Parkgate Marsh-Marsh Harrier (fem).


West Kirby Marine Lake-8 Brent Geese,2 Goosander (fem),6 Red-breasted Merganser (4m, 2f).

CHESHIRE
Warrington-Adult Yellow-legged Gull on A57 / A562 roundabout.

Hale Lighthouse-2 Iceland gull(ad & 1w),5 Med gull(3 ad, 2w and 1w) and 3 YLG.

Four ways quarry-Common Scoter-female in east arm.

Newchurch Common-redhead smew still on lake north of track; also 1st-winter drake Red-crested Pochard.

Marbury Country Park-10 White Fronted Geese flew southeast.

Chelford-Lapwing hall pool-Black Necked Grebe-today.

Ince marshes-Great White Egret.
MEGAS IN BRITAIN
PACIFIC DIVER-1st-winter-on North pool-Druridge Bay-Northumberland.

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART-1st Winter Male still on the rocks north side of the jetty-Skinningrove-Cleveland.

PINE BUNTING-male-still from path off Kerver Lane-Dunnington-North Yorkshire.

BLUE ROCK THRUSH-adult male-at Fisher Close.Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

DUSKY THRUSH Still,Pig Lane, Beeley, 5mls NNW of Matlock, Derbyshire.

PINE BUNTING-Male, at Saxon Shore Way, east of Milton Creek, NE of Sittingbourne, Kent.